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.Dd May 11, 2016
.Dt PGETAUXVAL 3PROC
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm Pgetauxval
.Nd obtain auxiliary vector value
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libproc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libproc.h
.Ft int
.Fo Pgetauxval
.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
.Fa "int type"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn Pgetauxval
function looks up the entry
.Fa type
in the auxiliary vector of the process handle
.Fa P
and returns its value.
The
.Fa type
argument should be the entry of the auxiliary vector.
The list of such types may be found in
.In sys/auxv.h .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn Pgetauxval
function returns the value of the auxiliary vector entry
.Fa type .
Otherwise,
.Sy -1
is returned to indicate that either the auxiliary vector or the
.Fa type
entry could not be found.
.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
.Sy Uncommitted
.Sh MT-LEVEL
See
.Sy LOCKING
in
.Xr libproc 3LIB .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
.Xr Pgetauxvec 3PROC ,
.Xr proc 5
